Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu

Evidence needed to support Aufrica de Connoght as mother or as wife.

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Sir Simon de Montagu

• Born: After 1250, Shepton Montagu, Wincanton, Somerset, England
• Marriage: 1) Hawise de Saint-Amand 2) Isabel
• Died: 26 Sep 1316, Yardlington, Wincanton, Somersetshire, England
• Buried: 2 Nov 1316, Bruton Abbey, Somersetshire, England

Other names for Simon were Symon, DE MONTACUTE and DE MONTAIGU.

Biography

Simon de Montagu came from the Montagu family, which was traced back to the Norman Drogo de Montagu, who had come to England during the Norman conquest. He was a son of William de Montagu and his wife Berthe. At the death of his father in 1270, he was still a minor, but a little later he must have taken over his father's inheritance, which mainly included possessions in Somerset.

Montagu died 26 Sep 1316 and was buried in Bruton Priory in Somerset. His heir was his son William Montagu (around 1285–1319).

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Extracted from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

"Simon was descended from Drogo de Montagu, a Norman who came to England with William the Conqueror. Simon was the son of William de Montagu, a Somerset landowner, and his wife, Berthe. He was under age at his father's death, in 1270, but fought in Edward I's wars in Wales in 1277 and 1282, and in 1283 was summoned to parliament at Shrewsbury. In 1290 he surrendered his lands in Dorset, Devon, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire to the king, and was then regranted them with remainders to his sons William and Simon. He was summoned to fight in Gascony in 1294, where he served as marshal at Blaye. In 1296 he succeeded in breaking the French siege of Bourg-sur-Mer, taking a ship loaded with victuals through the line of French galleys. He returned to Gascony with John Hastings on royal service in 1302. It was in Scotland, however, that Montagu served the crown most. In 1298 he attended the parliament at York at which the Scottish war was discussed, and may have been present on the Falkirk campaign later that year. He certainly took part in the Caerlaverock expedition of 1300; the poet who described the army placed him at the rear of the 3rd division. Montagu's particular contribution to the wars lay in naval warfare in the Irish Sea and around the Western Isles. In 1300 he provided two substantial ships for the Scottish war, a galley and a barge, manned by 100 men between them. In 1307 he was captain and governor of the English fleet, and admiral in 1310. He continued to be summoned to campaign against the Scots until his death."[1]

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Family

http://roots-boots.net/ft/l-montgu.txt

[Simon de Montacute (d. 1316)] married 1st Hawise de St Amand [1,2,6,8,16,21] daughter of Almeric, Lord St. Amand, before 1270.[22,23,24] Died c.1287.[23]

Married 2nd Isabella,[4,11,21] after 1287.[23] Was still alive in the spring of 1290.[21,23]

Some sources claim that Simon married Aufrica of Man,[22] however reliable secondary sources and primary sources give no evidence of this.[23] See elsewhere for a discussion on this.[12] (“Aufricia "of Man" and why she didn't marry Simon de Montacute.” < link >

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/St_Amand-28

Hawise, daughter of Amaury de Saint Amand of Cainhoe, Bedfordshire, married Simon de Montagu, Knt., shortly after 24 October 1270 (grant of his marriage)".[1]

Simon and Hawise had three sons and two daughters:[1]

Sons

1. William de Montagu, Knt., 2nd Earl of Salisbury. William married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Peter or Piers de Montfort of Beaudesert, Worcestershire (died 1287), and Maud de la Mare.
2. John de Montagu
3. Simon de Montagu

Daughters

1. Hawise[1]
2. Mary (nun at Amesbury)[1]

Hawise died before 1287, when Simon married (2) Isabel ______.[1]

However, from http://roots-boots.net/ft/l-montgu.txt

Children of Simon de Montacute and Hawise de St Amand:

• i. Isabella de Montacute, born c.1260, Shepton-Montacute, Somerset .[4,7,14,19,20]. Married Robert de Brent, 1279, Cossington, Somerset.[1,3,5,8-10]
• ii. Maude de Montacute, born c.1265, Shepton-Montacute, Somerset.[13] Married John de la Field, c.1287.[16] Children: John (abt.1295) of Hertfordshire.[16]
• iii. Baron William de Montacute,[1-3,5,6,8,1,21,22] born c.1271, Shepton-Montacute, Somerset.[2,6] …. Married Elizabeth de Montfort, [1,2,5,6,8,16,21] c.1298, at either Salisbury, Wiltshire,[16] or Cassington, Oxfordshire.
• iv. Simon de Montacute,[1,2,5,6,8,17,22] born c.1275, Shepton Montacute, Somerset.[2,6] Knight of the Shire in 1314.[23] Married unknown. Child: William (1300).[1,2,16]
• v. John de Montacute, born c.1278, Shepton-Montacute, Somerset.[2,6,18] Sheriff of Somerset in 1305-1306.[23]

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Sources and Notes

Updated 17 September 2023

From < German Wikipedia > retrieved 17 September 2023.

Montagu had probably been married three times. Around 1270 he had married Hawise, a daughter of Amaury de St Amand. After her death before 1287, he married Isabel in a second marriage, whose origin is unknown.

Apparently in 1304 he married Aufrica de Connoght. She was probably a relative of Magnus, the last king of the Isle of Man. Therefore, she claimed the island as an heir, which had meanwhile been occupied by England. In 1305, she ceded her claims to the island to Montagu. 2] Perhaps because of these claims, he conquered the Isle of Man around 1310.[ 3]

1. Michael Prestwich: Edward I. University of California, Berkeley 1988, ISBN 0-520-06266-3, p. 486
2. R. Andrew McDonald: The Sea Kings. The late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles, c. 1066–1275. John Donald, Edinburgh 2019, ISBN 978-1-910900-21-5, p. 302.
3. R. Andrew McDonald: The Sea Kings. The late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles, c. 1066–1275. John Donald, Edinburgh 2019, ISBN 978-1-910900-21-5, p. 303

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[Two generations, Simon I and Simon II, need to be confirmed]

Source: < Wikipedia > “Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (died 1316) (alias de Montagu, de Montacute, Latinized to de Monte Acuto ("from the sharp mountain"), from the French mont aigu, with identical meaning,[1]%29 was summoned to Parliament by writ and thereby became the 1st Baron Montagu.[2] He was the ancestor of the great Montagu family, Earls of Salisbury.

He was son of William de Montacute and Bertha, his wife.

Montagu married twice: firstly to Hawise de St Amand (died 1287), daughter of Amaury de St Amand; and secondly to Isabel, whose parentage is unknown.[7]

He had three sons, by which wife is unknown. His eldest son and heir was William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu (c. 1285 – 18 October 1319). His other sons were named John and Simon.[8]

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Montacute, Simon de". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. < link >
• Duchess of Cleveland, The Battle Abbey Roll with some Account of the Norman Lineages, 3 volumes, London, 1889 < link >
• 7. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage, edited by H.A. Doubleday and Lord Howard de Walden, Vol. IX, London, 1936, p.80
• 8. Mentioned in his father's inquisition post mortem (Cokayne, 1936, p.80)

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Source < Wikipedia >: "William de Montacute (also known as Montagu), 2nd Baron Montacute (c. 1285-1319) was an English nobleman and courtier of King Edward II.

He was the son of Simon de Montacute, 1st Baron Montacute in 1299 (1250 - 1316/1317) and either Simon's first wife Hawise, or his second wife, Isabella. The Montagu family was a West Country family with roots going back to the Conquest, who held extensive lands in Somerset, Dorset and Devon. ..."

Source: < MedLands >

"SIMON de Montagu, son of WILLIAM de Montagu & his wife Berthe --- (after 1250-26 Sep 1316, bur Bruton Priory). Confirmation of charters in favour of the canons of Christchurch Twynham, dated 27 Nov 1313, includes a charter under which "Simon de Monte Acuto, son and heir of Sir William de Monte Acuto" confirmed a conveyance made by "William de Monte Acuto" of the town of Pideleton, for the souls of "William his father, and Hawise wife of the said Simon" dated May 1287. He was summoned to parliament 29 Dec 1299, whereby he is held to have become Lord Montagu.

m firstly ([1270]%29 HAWISE de Saint-Amand, daughter of AMAURY [II] de Saint-Amand & his wife --- (-before May 1287). Confirmation of charters in favour of the canons of Christchurch Twynham, dated 27 Nov 1313, includes a charter under which "Simon de Monte Acuto, son and heir of Sir William de Monte Acuto" confirmed a conveyance made by "William de Monte Acuto" of the town of Pideleton, for the souls of "William his father, and Hawise wife of the said Simon" dated May 1287. m secondly (1287 or before) ISABEL, daughter of --- (-after 1290).

Simon & his [first/second] wife had one child:

• 1. WILLIAM de Montagu (-Gascony 18 Oct 1319). ..."

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Source: <Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu>: "Simon de Montagu, 1st Baron Montagu (c.1250 - 1316) Birthdate: circa 1250 Birthplace: Montacute, Somerset, England Death: Died September 26, 1316 in Priory, Burton, Somerset, England Occupation: - BARON OF SHEPTON

Immediate Family: Aufrica of Man, c. 1245 wife Isabel de Montagu, Baroness Montagu wife Elizabeth de Montagu daughter Hawise de St. Amand wife William Montague, 2nd Lord of Mo... son Simon de Montagu father Aufrica de Montagu mother William de Montacute, 1210 father Beota de Montagu mother Hawise de Neville sister"

Source: <Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les genealogies, l'histoire et la ...> Par Francois-Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye Des Bois: "Pierre De Montfort, du nom, Seigneur de Beaudsert, mourut le quinzime du reigne d'Edouard I". II avoit Mathilde, de laquelle il laissa: 1. Jean, qui suit; 2. Et Elisabeth, qui s'est mari Guillaume de Montagu, fils de Simon de Montagu."

Source: <Heraldry, historical and popular> Par Charles Boutell: "The first English subject who is recorded to have quartered arms, so far as it is at present known, was Symon De Montagu, whose Shield, No. 635, Plate XTX., is marshalled as follows in the Roll of Edward II., A.d. 1308-1311 :\emdash "Sire Symon de Montagu, Quartile de Argent e de azure; en les quarters de azure les griffons de or; en les quarters de argent les daunces de goules." (The "daunces" are equivalent to a group of fusils conjoined in fesse across the shield, which is sometimes blazoned as a "dancette" or a fesse dancette'e.) In this composition two distinct coats of arms borne by the Montagues are marshalled together by quartering: that is to say,\emdash 1. "Argent, a fesse engrailed (or dancettee) of three pieces gules," for "William Montague," (Roll of Henry III.); and 2. "azure, a griffin segreant or" for " Simon De Montagu," (Roll of Caerlaverock, A. D. 1300.); Nos. 636 and 636 A, PI. XIX."

Source <http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id...> (Dead link) : "Simon 1st Baron de MONTAGU Birth: BEF 1256 in Shepton Montagu, Wincanton, Somerset, England Death: 26 SEP 1316 in Yardlington, Wincanton, Somerset, England Burial: 2 NOV 1316 Bruton Priory, Somerset, England

Father: Simon de MONTAGU b: ABT 1233 in Shepton Montagu, Wincanton, Somerset, England Mother: Aufric de COURCY, Heiress of Isle of Man b: ABT 1238 in Isle of Man, British Crown dependancy

He married 1stly, circa 1270, Hawise, daughter of Amauri DE ST. AMAND (a). She was dead in 1287. He married, 2ndly, in or before 1287, Isabel, whose parentage is not known. She was living in the spring of 1290. He died 26 September, and was buried 2 November 1316, in Bruton Priory. [Complete Peerage IX:78-80, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

Marriage 1 Hawise de ST. AMAND b: ABT 1260 in Grendon Underwood, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England Married: ABT 1270 in 1st wife Children 1. William 2nd Baron de MONTAGU, KB b: BEF 1280 in Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England

Marriage 2 Isabel b: ABT 1256 in England Married: BEF 1287 in 2nd wife Children 1. Isabella de MONTAGU b: ABT 1284 in Shepton Montagu, Somerset, England

... Sir Simon [I] married Aufricia, daughter of Fergus, King of Man, descended from Orry, King of Denmark. The Historian records that Aufricia, daughter of Fergus, King of Man, having fled to King Edward when dispossessed by Alexander III, King of Scots, Edward bestowed her in marriage upon Simon, Lord Montague, baron of Shipton Montague, who, by the King's assistance, recovered the island and enjoyed it in her right many years. Their issue was William and Simon, the former succeeded his father and continued the line, the latter was married to Hawise, daughter of Almeric, Lord St. Amand. He had been summoned to parliament from the 28th of Edward I [1300] to the 8th of Edward II [1315], soon after which he died. [Montagues in Great Britain, Terry and Jason Fritts, Gladstone, Missouri]"

Simon married Hawise DE SAINT-AMAND [2603], daughter of Sir Amaury II DE SAINT-AMAND [2608] and Isabel [2623]. (Hawise DE SAINT-AMAND [2603] was born about 1252 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, died before 1287 in , , England and was buried in Bruton Abbey, Somersetshire, England.)

Source: < Wikitree > citing Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Marriages:

"Montagu's first marriage, about 1270, was to Hawise, daughter of Amaury de St Amand. Shortly after her death in 1287 he married Isabel, whose parentage is unknown. It seems probable that in 1304 he married Aufrica de Connoght, who claimed to be heir to the Isle of Man, for in that year she handed over her rights in the isle to him. Man had come under Scottish control in 1265, but was annexed to England by Edward I in 1290." (ibid)

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References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Montagu,_1st_Baron_Montagu
• Medieval Lands -- Montague (Earls of Salisbury): http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLISH%20NOBILITY%20MEDIEVAL1.htm#...
• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry (2013) Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham, (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol IV, page 111, Simon de Montagu.
• https://www.mathematical.com/montagusimonde1250.html father: William De Montacute born Abt 1210 Of, Shepton Montague, Somersetshire, England mother: Beota born Abt 1220 Of, Shepton Montague, Somersetshire, England
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59656251/simon-de_montagu
• http://knight-france.com/geneal/names/2602.htm (dead link)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Montagu-92
• https://www.thepeerage.com/p149.htm#i1484 Simon Montagu, 1st Lord Monatgu was born in 1250 at Montacute, Somerset, EnglandG.1 He was the son of William de Montacute and Berta (?)1 He married Aufricia Fergus, daughter of Fergus (?).1 He married Hawise de St. Armand, daughter of Aumari de St. Armand. He died in 1317.1 He was also known as Simon de Montacute.2 He gained the title of 1st Lord Montagu.
• https://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00177671&tree=LEO cites
  • 1. [S00058] Doubleday, H.A. & Lord Howard de Walden, The Complete Peerage, 1936 . 9:78
  • 2. [S02955] Fettes, Ian Dundas, Ancestral Story - Grace Viell 2009 . nr 417
• https://cybergata.com/roots/2418.htm cites
  • Cockayne's Complete Peerage, (Montagu), Vol. IX, pp. 78-80
• “Aufricia "of Man" and why she didn't marry Simon de Montacute.” < link >
• “MONTACUTE/MONTAGU A genealogy of the MONTACUTE/ MONTAGU family of Normandy, France, and County Somerset, England, from c.1015 to about 1310 and concentrating on my direct line.” David Powell. (Last revision: 10/10/2003) http://roots-boots.net/ft/l-montgu.txt
• Montagu [Montacute], Simon de, first Lord Montagu (1259?–1316) Michael Prestwich https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/18997 Published in print: 23 September 2004. Montagu [Montacute], Simon de, first Lord Montagu (1259?–1316), soldier and baron, was descended from Drogo de Montagu, a Norman who came to England with William the Conqueror. Simon was the son of William de Montagu, a Somerset landowner, and his wife, Berthe...
• Aufrica de Connoght,[2] also known as Affrica de Counnought,[3] Affreca de Counnoght,[4] Auffricia de Connaught,[5] and Aufrica de Cunnoght,[6] was a fourteenth-century woman who claimed to be an heiress of Magnús Óláfsson, King of Mann and the Isles, and who had some sort of connection with Simon de Montagu.